Design it

Before embarking on a development project, the first challenge is to make sure it's the right project being done in the right way. We understand business and have long experience of working with our customers at Board level to ensure their web strategy is directly aligned with their business plans. By understanding what the organisation is trying to achieve, we can integrate the web systems with the business and create workable solutions to achieve the best return on investment with the lowest risk. If an idea appears to be a non-starter then we'll say so before it's too late. Indeed, if we find that your projects and our skills are mismatched then we'll say so.

We use the UK-standard project methodology for project management - PRINCE2 - tailoring it to the tasks at hand. For small projects we use a "quick and light" version. For bigger projects involving lots of stakeholders and perhaps some "herding of cats", our certified PRINCE2 Project Manager will make sure that everyone is properly consulted and kept informed - essential to managing risk and indentifying potential issues as early as possible - doing what's necessary to give a project the best chance of success without overburdening it.

Requirements may change during the course of a project - particularly as a build takes shape and the stakeholders level of interest increases. PRINCE2 recognises this and provides a way of enabling change in a orderly manner.
We have achieved ISO27001 (Information Security Management) and BS25999 (Business Continuity Management) certification for a customer, taking them through the full process from conception, policy writing, implementation, audit and certification.

The build and ongoing evolution is managed using an Agile process that employs PRINCE2 as appropriate. This enables us to reap the benefits of Agile programming (particularly its ability to rapidly adapt to change) and those of PRINCE2 (planning of longer projects and regular reports).
Our systems are built with best-of-breed open source technologies for security and reliability.

Host it

We provide fully managed private cloud hosting to take care of your data, website and reputation. The exact specification is tailored to a customer's individual needs and typically includes most of the items below.

Love it

We work closely together with the Boards, Communications and IT Departments of companies and NHS Trusts to understand their needs and expertly guide their web presence for continued long-term success.
With Zedcore you have a skilled team available as needed.

We provide:

Ongoing evolution through systems design and development.

Strategic consultancy.

A full webmaster service to make content updates on demand.

Systems uptime monitoring and response.

24hr emergency support.

All requests are managed and tracked within an Agile process. Billing is simply by the amount of time consumed, with timesheets being provided. We endeavour to work as efficiently as possible by combining similar tasks and recommending the solutions that deliver optimal return-on-investment.